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20110048982 | NANOSTRUCTURED SORBENT MATERIALS FOR CAPTURING ENVIRONMENTAL MERCURY VAPOR - The present invention is a method and material for using a sorbent material to capture and stabilize mercury. The method for using sorbent material to capture and stabilize mercury contains the following steps. First, the sorbent material is provided. The sorbent material, in one embodiment, is nano-particles. In a preferred embodiment, the nano-particles are unstabilized nano-Se. Next, the sorbent material is exposed to mercury in an environment. As a result, the sorbent material captures and stabilizes mercury from the environment. In the preferred embodiment, the environment is an indoor space in which a fluorescent has broken. | 03-03-2011 |
20110049045 | NANOSTRUCTURED SORBENT MATERIALS FOR CAPTURING ENVIRONMENTAL MERCURY VAPOR - The present invention is a method and material for using a sorbent material to capture and stabilize mercury. The method for using sorbent material to capture and stabilize mercury contains the following steps. First, the sorbent material is provided. The sorbent material, in one embodiment, is nano-particles. In a preferred embodiment, the nano-particles are unstabilized nano-Se. Next, the sorbent material is exposed to mercury in an environment. As a result, the sorbent material captures and stabilizes mercury from the environment. In the preferred embodiment, the environment is an indoor space in which a fluorescent has broken. | 03-03-2011 |
20110052463 | NANOSTRUCTURED SORBENT MATERIALS FOR CAPTURING ENVIRONMENTAL MERCURY VAPOR - The present invention is a method and material for using a sorbent material to capture and stabilize mercury. The method for using sorbent material to capture and stabilize mercury contains the following steps. First, the sorbent material is provided. The sorbent material, in one embodiment, is nano-particles. In a preferred embodiment, the nano-particles are unstabilized nano-Se. Next, the sorbent material is exposed to mercury in an environment. As a result, the sorbent material captures and stabilizes mercury from the environment. In the preferred embodiment, the environment is an indoor space in which a fluorescent has broken. | 03-03-2011 |
20110053766 | NANOSTRUCTURED SORBENT MATERIALS FOR CAPTURING ENVIRONMENTAL MERCURY VAPOR - The present invention is a method and material for using a sorbent material to capture and stabilize mercury. The method for using sorbent material to capture and stabilize mercury contains the following steps. First, the sorbent material is provided. The sorbent material, in one embodiment, is nano-particles. In a preferred embodiment, the nano-particles are unstabilized nano-Se. Next, the sorbent material is exposed to mercury in an environment. As a result, the sorbent material captures and stabilizes mercury from the environment. In the preferred embodiment, the environment is an indoor space in which a fluorescent has broken. | 03-03-2011 |
20130270995 | LIGHTING APPARATUS FOR CAPTURING AND STABILIZING MERCURY - The present invention is a method and material for using a sorbent material to capture and stabilize mercury. The method for using sorbent material to capture and stabilize mercury contains the following steps. First, the sorbent material is provided. The sorbent material, in one embodiment, is nano-particles. In a preferred embodiment, the nano-particles are unstabilized nano-Se. Next, the sorbent material is exposed to mercury in an environment. As a result, the sorbent material captures and stabilizes mercury from the environment. In the preferred embodiment, the environment is an indoor space in which a fluorescent has broken. | 10-17-2013 |
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20110235640 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR FORWARDING AND SWITCHING OVER PROTECTED PATHS - In one embodiment, a method for telecommunications includes steps of receiving a first packet through a first port, and determining whether the first packet arrived over a protected path. If the first packet arrived over a protected path, the method also includes the steps of hashing a source address of the first packet, adding a first entry into a forwarding table, and adding a second entry into the forwarding table. The protected path is coupled to at least the first port and a second port. The first entry includes the result of hashing the packet, and an identification of the first port. The second entry includes the result of hashing the packet, and an identification of the second port. | 09-29-2011 |
20110249673 | SOFTWARE-ASSISTED VLAN AGING TIMER SCHEME FOR DISTRIBUTED SWITCHING SYSTEMS - A network processing unit includes a first table, a forwarding table, and a processor. The first table includes a first entry for a network, including a network aging, which includes the network processing unit. The forwarding table includes a second entry associated with a network entity which includes an indication of whether network traffic associated with the entity has been encountered in the current or previous network aging period. The processor is configured to receive an indication from a hardware timer that a hardware aging cycle has ended, and then determine whether the network aging period has ended. If so, the processor is configured to determine for a first network entity in the forwarding table whether traffic associated with the entity has been encountered in the current or previous network aging period. If not, then the processor is configured to remove the given first network entity from the forwarding table. | 10-13-2011 |
20120147743 | DYNAMIC CONNECTION ADMISSION CONTROL TO ENFORCE SERVICE LEVEL AGREEMENTS IN MULTICAST NETWORKS - A method for networked communications includes determining a group identifier associated with a received request for multicast data, determining an available upstream bandwidth and an available downstream bandwidth, adding an entry for the identified group into a multicast forwarding table, allocating bandwidth from the available upstream bandwidth and available downstream bandwidth, the allocated bandwidth corresponding to bandwidth required by the requested multicast data, and forwarding the received request to an upstream network destination. The method includes, if no response is received in response to the received request within a designated timeout period, removing the entry for the identified group in the multicast forwarding table, and restoring the allocated bandwidth to the available upstream bandwidth and available downstream bandwidth. | 06-14-2012 |
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20110038219 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR INCREASING DATA LINE NOISE TOLERANCE - Circuits and methods for improving noise tolerance in memories are disclosed such as those that include biasing a data line above a normal threshold voltage, either by providing a higher data line charge voltage with a voltage source, or by providing a higher data line charge voltage with a current source. | 02-17-2011 |
20110069547 | SENSING AGAINST A REFERENCE CELL - Memory devices, bulk storage devices, and methods of operating memory are disclosed, such as those adapted to process and generate analog data signals representative of data values of two or more bits of information. Programming of such memory devices can include programming to a target threshold voltage within a range representative of the desired bit pattern. Reading such memory devices can include generating an analog data signal indicative of a threshold voltage of a target memory cell. The target memory cell can be sensed against a reference cell includes a dummy string of memory cells connected to a target string of memory cells, and, such as by using a differential amplifier to sense a difference between a reference cell and the target cell. This may allow a wider range of voltages to be used for data states. | 03-24-2011 |
20110103145 | M+N BIT PROGRAMMING AND M+L BIT READ FOR M BIT MEMORY CELLS - A memory device and programming and/or reading process is described that programs and/or reads the cells in the memory array with higher threshold voltage resolution than required. In programming non-volatile memory cells, this allows a more accurate threshold voltage placement during programming and enables pre-compensation for program disturb, increasing the accuracy of any subsequent read or verify operation on the cell. In reading/sensing memory cells, the increased threshold voltage resolution allows more accurate interpretations of the programmed state of the memory cell and also enables more effective use of probabilistic data encoding techniques such as convolutional code, partial response maximum likelihood (PRML), low-density parity check (LDPC), Turbo, and Trellis modulation encoding and/or decoding, reducing the overall error rate of the memory. | 05-05-2011 |
20110128790 | ANALOG SENSING OF MEMORY CELLS IN A SOLID-STATE MEMORY DEVICE - A memory device that includes a sample and hold circuit coupled to a bit line. The sample and hold circuit stores a target threshold voltage for a selected memory cell. The memory cell is programmed and then verified with a ramped read voltage. The read voltage that turns on the memory cell is stored in the sample and hold circuit. The target threshold voltage is compared with the read voltage by a comparator circuit. When the read voltage is at least substantially equal to (i.e., is substantially equal to and/or starts to exceed) the target threshold voltage, the comparator circuit generates an inhibit signal. | 06-02-2011 |
20110164449 | PROGRAMMING BASED ON CONTROLLER PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS - Methods and solid state drives are disclosed, for example a solid state drive that is adapted to receive and transmit analog data signals representative of bit patterns of three or more levels (such as to facilitate increases in data transfer rates relative to devices communicating data signals indicative of individual bits). Programming of the solid state drive, comprising an array of non-volatile memory cells, might include adjusting the level of each memory cell being programmed in response to a desired performance level of a controller circuit. | 07-07-2011 |
20120057408 | ANALOG READ AND WRITE PATHS IN A SOLID STATE MEMORY DEVICE - A memory array in a memory device is coupled to an analog I/O data interface that enables analog voltage levels to be written to the memory array. The I/O interface comprises a plurality of analog data paths that each includes a capacitor for storing charge corresponding to a target voltage to which a selected memory cell, coupled to its respective data path, is to be programmed. A plurality of comparators can be included in the I/O interface, with each such comparator coupled to a respective bit line. Such a comparator can compare a threshold voltage of a selected memory cell to its target voltage and inhibits further programming when the threshold voltage equals or exceeds the target voltage. | 03-08-2012 |
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20130178674 | REACTOR AND PROCESS FOR DEHYDRATION OF ETHANOL TO ETHYLENE - A reactor design and configuration and a process for the catalytic dehydration of ethanol to ethylene where the reactor train is comprised of a multi-stage single reactor vessel or multiple reactor vessels wherein each stage and/or vessel has different length, internal diameter, and volume than the other stages and/or vessels and in addition the stages and/or reactor vessels are connected in series or in parallel arrangement, preferably used with an improved means of introducing the ethanol feedstock and a heat carrying inert gas to the improved reactor train. | 07-11-2013 |
20140179965 | PROCESS AND REACTOR FOR DEHYDRATION OF BUTANOL TO BUTYLENES - A reactor design and configuration and a process for the catalytic dehydration of butanol to butylenes where the reactor train is comprised of a multi-stage single reactor vessel or multiple reactor vessels wherein each stage and/or vessel has different length, internal diameter, and volume than the other stages and/or vessels and in addition the stages and/or reactor vessels are connected in series or in parallel arrangement, preferably used with an improved means of introducing the butanol feedstock and a heat carrying inert gas to the improved reactor train. | 06-26-2014 |
20140179972 | PROCESS AND REACTOR FOR DEHYDRATION OF PROPANOL TO PROPYLENE - A reactor design and configuration and a process for the catalytic dehydration of propanol to propylene where the reactor train is comprised of a multi-stage single reactor vessel or multiple reactor vessels wherein each stage and/or vessel has different length, internal diameter, and volume than the other stages and/or vessels and in addition the stages and/or reactor vessels are connected in series or in parallel arrangement, preferably used with an improved means of introducing the propanol feedstock and a heat carrying inert gas to the improved reactor train. | 06-26-2014 |
20150265992 | REACTOR AND PROCESS FOR DEHYDRATION OF ETHANOL TO ETHYLENE - A reactor design and configuration and a process for the catalytic dehydration of ethanol to ethylene where the reactor train is comprised of a multi-stage single reactor vessel or multiple reactor vessels wherein each stage and/or vessel has different length, internal diameter, and volume than the other stages and/or vessels and in addition the stages and/or reactor vessels are connected in series or in parallel arrangement, preferably used with an improved means of introducing the ethanol feedstock and a heat carrying inert gas to the improved reactor train. | 09-24-2015 |